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Taxon: Family Syngnathidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pipefishes and seahorses (fish)

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Authorship

Unavailable original name & rank	:			Rafinesque Schmaltz, C.S. 1810b. Indice Ittiol. Sicil.: 36 ("Ordine. I Signatidi."). [family, nom. vernac.; type-genus is a junior homonym; published not in latinized form before 1900; not available, Article 11.7.2]. ≡
Original name, rank & spelling	:			Bonaparte, 1831: 163, 185.
Source for the authorship	:			van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. 2014. Zootaxa 3882 (2): 81 ("Bonaparte 1831").

Types

Nominotypical taxon of	:	*Syngnathiformes* (Order) Berg, 1940
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]	:	*Syngnathinae* (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1831		Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 313. [inferred]
Type	:	*Syngnathus* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 313; 9 Feb 2024. [inferred]

Variants

Incorrect spelling

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Sygnathidae (Family) nom. null.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name	:	zeenaalden en zeepaardjes	Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
	:	zoetwaternaalden

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name	:	pipefishes and seahorses	Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 407; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
	:	pipefishes and seahorses	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 686.

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